‘Re-purposing’ turns wreck into ‘Grease’ car
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This article was published 09/12/2011 (5186 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Crocus Plains high school students have completely transformed a 1950s-era beater into “Greased Lightning.”
Grade 9 and 10 students in automotive and autobody courses took on the challenge about two months ago.
“It was really different because in the shop, we’re used to dealing with newer cars and just normal dents, but this was a whole re-purposing of a car,” said Grade 10 student Lyle Nordquist.
The car was donated to the school by Westman Salvage, along with a pair of seats and a set of wheels.
“Basically it was an old beater sitting in a field, with a tree growing in it,” said automotive instructor Jeff Kasprick.
Under the direction of Kasprick and collision repair teacher Carl Decosse, the car was cut in half and re-done as a prop for the school’s production of Grease.
Students did everything from body work to paint and wiring — and even a unique flame job.
“It was probably about a thousand hours of work over a two-month period,” Kasprick said. “The students loved it, we couldn’t keep them off it.”
Morningstar Metals donated steel to build the car frame, seat frame and dance platform. Chase Autobody Supply donated $1,000 of paint and repair products. Piston Ring Brandon in conjunction with Walker Exhaust Systems donated the $660 side exhaust system.
“It was really positive,” Decosse said. “A project like this, it belongs to the school, so it’s really a project that’s a part of the school … Students seemed to be really engaged all the way through.”
Decosse said it was a way for students to get creative.
“It was fun in the way that … we’re usually repairing vehicles to pre-accident condition,” he said. “With this car we can cheat because it’s a stage prop, so we can do things that you wouldn’t normally do to a regular car.”
The finished product can be seen on stage at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium tonight and tomorrow during the “Grease” production starting at 7:30 p.m.
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